Turning Heel and WrestleMania 28

After becoming World Heavyweight Champion, Bryan began to slowly turn heel and show early signs of the angry Bryan fans learned to love. He began a relationship with AJ Lee whose feelings for Bryan were not mutual.

However, when Bryan finally decided to show a little bit of love towards AJ, it cost him his world title.

After the famous kiss to AJ at WrestleMania 28, Bryan was hit with a brogue kick from Sheamus and lost the World Heavyweight title. Bryan would dump AJ, which oddly enough began AJ’s emotional wreck character.

AJ wouldn’t stay out Bryan’s business though, as she took interest in Bryan’s new enemy, CM Punk.

Feuding with CM Punk, Kane and AJ Lee

Bryan became No.1 contender for the WWE title and began feuding with Punk. Bryan and Punk delivered one of the best matches of the year at Over the Limit and the match ended controversially, which allowed the feud to continue.

Kane also got involved in the love triangle between Punk, Bryan and AJ that led to a triple threat match at No Way Out.

Bryan got one more chance at the WWE title against Punk, this time with AJ as the special guest referee. Although I expected AJ to choose one of the two men to assist, she played the role fairly. The following night, Bryan proposed to AJ in what would set up a very interesting 1000th edition of Monday Night Raw.

Team Hell No to Present

After Bryan’s anger issues continue to worsen, AJ enrolled him and his foe Kane in anger management classes. These sessions became must-see television that propelled Kane and Bryan.

The tag team, Team Hell No, began to hug it out in the middle of the ring and even were the focus on SmackDown shows.

The tag team’s popularity naturally turned them babyface while Kane and Bryan were at the top of the tag team division.

They held the titles for eight months before losing them to Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins of The Shield.

Now, Bryan is again focusing on singles competition. After losing the tag titles, Bryan began to show aggression again and felt as though people saw him as the weak-link in Team Hell No.

Bryan has most recently been feuding with Randy Orton and the two even main evented a recent episode of Raw. If reports are any indication, Bryan is going to continue to be the focus and be, as he said on Raw 1000, the face of WWE.

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